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A lot of coordinating goes into one image. These behind the scene images to me share the concept of the shoot with the technical and artistic aspects.
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A lot of coordinating goes into one image. These behind the scene images to me share the concept of the shoot with the technical and artistic aspects.
The strong visual lines in the background we used at Westbottoms in Kansas City as we shot images of male model Kelley Kimbley added impact.
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I love creating solid images with impact and adding architectural detail, and a male model ups that ante. For this Saturday's portrait I used male model Kelley Kimbley and Kansas City's Westbottoms to Create a set of male fashion images. I am Kimberly Pimentel a Photographer in Kansas City. I can be contacted at:
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While shooting men focus on creating strong jaw lines. Powerful angles in arms and leg position adds impact.
Create visual impact by engaging your model to the surroundings. A great place to shoot Kansas City's West Bottoms has the look. I love shooting in Kansas City's diverse cityscapes.
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Roxane Petra Carmen Henrici is the daughter of German born parents, Bernd and Inge. She has lived and loved dance her whole life. She tells me, as a child her first experience in the arts was a class in gymnastics and she excelled in this.
But, it was Ballet that captured her soul. When you read her dance resume you wonder what can drive a young person to be so captured, so driven by an art form. She danced in The Houston Opera for a season. Telling me that the stage was always a place of safety and expressionism for her.
On this quiet Sunday afternoon her only audience was her rescue dog Uma. Roxane has a stage presence that can give you chills. She is so fluid and expressive in her movements.
Her dance schooling continued at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Her parents' hard blue collar ethics enabled her to attend this arts High School. They knew that their daughter was an Artist and needed to be in this type of environment to develop her skills.
Roxane has told me being so young and away from family was hard, but a growth experience. While attending arts school she missed out on family trips back to Europe and many occasions and celebrations.
After highschool Roxane studied dance at the University of New Mexico earning a scholarship in Flamenco.
On this Sunday afternoon I captured this portrait of Roxane ballerina flamenco dancer and artist. Always a dancer always a performer. Life is her stage and we are all her audience. Bravo Roxane bravo!
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Pet Portrait with a Parachute dress evokes a Mood of beauty, meloncholy and wonderlust. These wonderful animals that become family members are so special. Uma, when rescued, was not able to sit due to an injury. Now she chases squirrels and leaps like a deer over fences.
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If your session is limited on time and the model has one set of wardrobe, you can still achieve different looks. To do this try the following: Have your client use different accessories, such as sunglasses or jewelry.
Another way to achieve a different look is to use a different angle to shoot from. Though this may seem simple, most people forget to do this. The same pose can look completely different from a another angle; lighting and reflection can change the mood.
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After you have decided where to shoot and who your subject will be then you must start your vision to create. As a creative this can be a difficult thing to explain. For me the creating comes before a shoot. I will plan my images and how I want my final product to look but the real creating is a teamwork of model and photographer and light and mood.
How do we enable a creative mood on set? This can be a challange. As we all become absorbed with lighting, lenses and wardrobe. Sometimes the place we shoot becomes our mood. As in the above image Kansas City's West Bottoms. The Mood becomes almost a challange in the shooting. So how to stay focused and let mood become creative try these three tips on your next shoot. To create a artistic mood.
1. Plan ahead and have your game plan and vision available for your model and. Assistants. You'll find that pre-planning frees up your creative mind space.
2. Challange yourself to create images that are out of your comfort zone. This will surprise you and you'll find new ways to create.
3. Trust your creative inner voice. It is never wrong. Learn to listen to it and you'll find your images and your creative Mood inspiring those you work with.
Creating mood in your shoots is all about you. As a creative you must balance art technique and interpersonal skills. No one becomes a expert at anything in one day. The expertise lies in realizing that everyday you shoot you develop and enable your creative side to flourish.
Get out there and Shoot!
Cheers-
Kimberly Pimentel.
It's important to prep before a shoot. Here's my list of top 5 things to do before a shoot.
1. Plan your location and time. Consider weather, Time of day, and limitations to your shooting area. We shot the above portrait in a Industrial area of Kansas City. Though quite trendy, it can be dangerous with trains, rust and dirt.
2. Have your model bring several outfits so you have choices during final edits.
3. Make sure your equipment batteries and memory are ready and backups are available.
4. Have some idea about what poses to consider for your model. This will help them to feel more at ease, if you have ideas on how to pose them.
5. Prepare for the unexpected. Well what the heck does that mean? Exactly, your client is expecting you to have all bases covered so you can be creative and make them an artistic image. Anybody can point a camera nowadays and shoot. But as a artist, to be comfortable and in the creative zone you must be relaxed and that can only occur if you are ready to go and have gone over your pre-shoot game prep.
Get out there and Shoot!
West Bottoms in Kansas City is one of my favorite places in Kansas City to take images of people. For years this was a go-to place for Kansas City Photographers, but as of late, most of the abandoned buildings have been converted to flea markets, so you'll have difficulty finding a place with no people.
But if what you are looking for is Urban decay and coolness then this is still one of my favorite top places In Kansas City.
Dance Day was held at KC Ballet on August 27, 2016. This is a annual event that celebrates a multitude of dances from around the world. From early morning through late afternoon, free dance classes are offered in a variety of styles for the young and the mature. Also available throughout the day, are free dance performances that inspire and ease the creative palette.
Dance is a great way to develop a mind-body connection, while having fun and getting fit. Honing ones artistry and exuding self expression, regardless of experience or dance know-how, are some of the benefits.
The Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity is a spectacularly renovated architectural phenom that inspires creativity itself. It houses the amateur and professional dancers of Kansas City's premiere dance company.
All images taken by Kimberly Pimentel a Kansas City Photographer.
Flamenco Class was instructed by Tamara Carson.
A Schedule of classes was handed out that enabled the participants, young and old, experienced, or just having fun, to dance all day. Classes were 45 minutes long and all were encouraged to let thier inner dancer shine.
An outside tent was set up with a lunch from Two Guys and a Grill. The social hour provided a much needed refueling, while dancers of all experience munched and chatted about goals, dance, and issues that the Arts in general face. At one table a Dance Instructor from England sat next to a Collegiate Dancer and a trio of pre-high school enthusiasts and all talked about thier dance and love of the arts, and how limited funding is for this mind growing endeavor.
Dancers were instructed to look at themselves and be powerful!
Dance has been shown to improve cognitive function, balance, creativity, and fitness. As dancers, young and old, gathered at studio doors, ideas and greetings were exchanged. The Arts were alive and generating kinships of creation at the Todd Bolender Center.
All images shot by Kimberly Pimentel a Kansas City Photographer.
The Wheels of Amsterdam Everyday I was drawn to Photograph them- they were more then modes of transportation- they to me became the pulse of the city
All images by Kimberly Pimentel a Kansas City Photographer.
I would capture streams of images
I would move fluidly with them clicking mechanical time
I loved the bicycles of Amsterdam
The Reds of Amsterdam
This city will capture your heart with all its visual beauty
As a creator it was easy to become overwhelmed by all the visual stimulation - so as I captured images I would focus on a theme - this walk was color- Red
I loved the Juxtoposition of all the bikes anchored to homes and bridges - the velocity of the city -Amsterdam
Summer 2016
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Street Photography has been a passion of mine for decades. This Summer I spent two weeks in Europe Shooting. These images are from a project called The dogs of Ansterdam-
Another image I caught while walking thru Amsterdam. We would walk and shoot, then stop at a cafe. I loved seeing all the Dogs of Amsterdam and Europe. One dog we met was named Georgie- he had been rescued in Romania.
I have two rescue pups and have learned so much from them. Enjoy the day as my dogs do smell the earth.
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To see the set up as a Photographer it's Important to Remember the Process so that I can Improve, Replicate and Teach others. Because as I improve and share I also learn more. Our wardrobe we secured from our collection we have gathered from second shops.
Makeup was done by Roxane Henrici. Using the following :Tartelette in bloom 2 eyeshadow palette, Estee lauder doublewear foundation, Clinique blush, Estee lauder doublewear eyeliner, and Lancome mascara.
Model Credit : Roxane Henrici
We did this series using a light bounce, gold side up and a Hensel Octogon, I metered with a Sekonic 478D and shot standing on a ladder- we used the Canon L series 70-200 and 50mm
Modifying light is the technical part I enjoy.
And this was my stance- stepladders are essential tools in Portait photography
Bounced a gold diffuser for this one.
Model Credit: Roxane Henrici
Makeup by: Roxane Henrici
Styling Credit: Roxane Henrici
Dancers make the best Models as they are so fluid and comfortable in front of the camera- Cheers!
Capturing someone in a portrait is both a Creative endeavor and a technical task. All images by Kimberly Pimentel a Kansas City Photgrapher.
We shot this Portrait today -
It's easy to create when your model is so fluid and at ease in front of the lens.
This image was created by Kimberly Pimentel a Kansas City Photographer.
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For the Win. All images taken by Kimberly Pimentel.
I shot images at yesterday's Sporting KC game - athletes and dancers share the art of Grace and power in Movement
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Travel Photography
Travel street Photography is Amazing in Amsterdam. Bikes, people , canals. It was worth carrying the extra 5-8 lbs of camera equipment.
Floating Tulip Market in the Jordaan Section of Amsterdam. All images taken by Kimberly Pimentel a Kansas City Photographer at
Oh Amsterdam - your light was magnificent all images by Kimberly Pimentel at